oszt

See also: -öszt

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈost]
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Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *oća or *ońća (“part; to part, share, divide”) +‎ -t (“causative suffix”). Cognates include Finnish osa (“part”), Estonian osa (“part”). [1][2]

Verb

oszt

  1. (transitive) to divide (to separate to parts)
  2. to distribute, to dispense, to allocate
  3. (arithmetic) to divide (to perform the operation of division)
  4. (arithmetic) to divide (to be a divisor of another number)
    A 6 osztja a 30-at. - 6 divides 30.
  5. (card games) to deal
  6. to share (an opinion)
    Osztom a véleményedet. - I share your opinion.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

  • beoszt
  • eloszt
  • feloszt
  • föloszt
  • kioszt
  • kettéoszt
  • leoszt
  • megoszt
  • ráoszt
  • szétoszt
  • újraoszt
  • visszaoszt

(Expressions):

  • se nem oszt, se nem szoroz

Etymology 2

From aztán (“then”).

Conjunction

oszt

  1. (dialectal) then, so

References

  1. ↑ Entry #657 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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